Harakat Sham al-Islam

Harakat Sham al-Islam ("Islamic Movement of the Levant") was a jihadist group in Syria formed in August 2013 during the Syrian Civil War. Its core consisted of released Guantanamo Bay detainees from Morocco, and along with the Islamic Front and al-Nusra Front, it took part in the offensive in the 2014 offensive in Latakia Governorate. Its leader Ibrahim bin Shakaran was killed in April 2014, by which point it had 500 fighters. On 25 July 2014, it joined the Jabhat Ansar al-Din alliance.